i want to thank my friend and partner dmitri medvedev. without his personal efforts and strong leadership, we would not be here today. we have met and spoken by phone many times throughout the negotiations of this treaty and we have developed a very effective work relationship built on calendar, collaboration, and mutual respect. one year ago this week, i came here to prague and gave a speech outlining america's comprehensive commitment to stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and seeking the ultimate goal of a world without them. i said then and i will repeat now, that this is a long-term goal, one that may not even be achieved in my lifetime. but i believed then and as i do now, that the pursuit of that goal will move us further beyond the cold war, strengthen the global nonproliferation regime, and make the united states and the world safer and more secure. one of the steps that i called for last year was the realization of this treaty. so it is very gratifying to be back in prague today. i also came committed to reset relations betwe

president obama on the left, and russian president dmitry medvedev on the right-hand side.we will try to bring you that live when that happens. >> right now, we will go to joe manchin in west virginia, talking about the attempt to get rescue workers inside that mine where there was an explosion earlier this week. >> the bottom line of safety has been the order, if you will it's been what has been the driving force, not to put the rescue workers in any type of danger. it's not inherent with the rescue operation. we want to make sure they had the safest conditions. we feel the conditions we have now are the best. >> the president is on the left, you are seeing him at this moment signing that treaty. and russian president dmitry medvedev has signed at least one copy and he will sign the other copy as well. on the right, joe manchin. >> getting an update on the situation in west virginia as the search continues for four missing miners. let's listen in. >> can they move over this? can they do this and that? we know they've been here before. we know we can get back to them. we kn

. >> i want to thank my friend and partner, dmitry medvedev. >> the american president said the treaty sent a clear signal. >> it demonstrates the determination of the united states and russia, the two nations to hold over 90% of the world's nuclear weapons. to pursue responsible globe or leadership. >> the russian president, too, saw this as an historic climate. >> the most important fact is that there are no winners or losers. it is what you might call a win/win situation. it is clear what happened. both sides have one. >> the message was sent to iran, which was suspected of seeking nuclear weapons. sanctions may be on the way. >> my expectation is that we are going to be able to secure strong, tough sanctions on iran this spring. >> on and one level, to date changes very little. america and russia will still be able to wipe each other out several times over. it does underline president obama's ambitions for a nuclear-free world and that may pursue -- persuade other countries not to join the nuclear club. bbc news. >> de ambassadors of six world powers will be meeting in new york to

i want to thank my friend and partner dmitri medvedev. without his personal efforts and strong leadership, we would not be here today. we have met and spoken by phone many times throughout the negotiations of this treaty and we have developed a very effective work relationship built on calendar, collaboration, and mutual respect. one year ago this week, i came here to prague and gave a speech outlining america's comprehensive commitment to stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and seeking the ultimate goal of a world without them. i said then and i will repeat now, that this is a long-term goal, one that may not even be achieved in my lifetime. but i believed then and as i do now, that the pursuit of that goal will move us further beyond the cold war, strengthen the global nonproliferation regime, and make the united states and the world safer and more secure. one of the steps that i called for last year was the realization of this treaty. so it is very gratifying to be back in prague today. i also came committed to reset relations betwe

. >> the russian president dmitry medvedev has called for tougher action against terrorism in the north caucasus. he made an unannounced visit to the region a day after suicide bombings killed 12 people in dagestan. funerals have been held in moscow and elsewhere in russia for victims of monday's metro bombings. 39 people died when two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in the morning rush hour. a chechen rebel leader said he ordered that attack. britain has announced it's creating the world's largest marine reserve around the chegos islands in the indian ocean. but the island's original inhabitants forcibly removed 40 years ago to make room for a military base at diego garcia have reacted angrily and say they will be -- be unable to make a living through fishing if they're allowed to return. tourists have returned to much of piccau, the first time in two months. navy rains and landslides destroyed railway access to the archeological treasure. it was suggested the country was losing $1 million in tourist revenues each day it was closed. the 15th century inca ruin is the most visi

in prague, president barack obama and russian president dmitry medvedev signed the first major nuclear arms reduction treaty in two decades. the signing came just days before obama hosts a major nuclear non-proliferation conference in washington, and just days after announcement of a new policy that says the u.s. will not use nuclear weapons against any non-nuclear state. before he left for europe, president obama held a post- easter prayer breakfast at the white house. the president invited about 90 christian leaders, noting that he had also recently hosted muslims during ramadan and jews during passover. at this week's event, obama spoke about his christian faith in unusually personal and explicit terms. >> as christians, we believe that redemption can be delivered by faith in jesus christ. and the possibility of redemption can make straight the crookedness of a character, make whole the incompleteness of a soul. >> abernethy: in other news, an important week ahead in sudan. the government has scheduled that nation's first multi-party elections in almost 25 years. but several parties

yet, president oma, along with russian president dmitry medvedev, agreed to slash american and russian stockpiles by one-third in the next seven years. now, each needs to get lawmakers at home to ratify this agreement, a tough task for both men. the president told "good morning america's" george stephanopoulos that fewer nuclear weapons will boost national security. >> i will also say to those in the senate who have questions, is that, this is absolutely vital for us to deal with the broader issues of nuclear proliferation, that are probably the number one threat >> reporter: beyond their own arms reductions, the two presidents are getting closer to a multilateral agreement on sanctions to keep nuclear weapons out of iran. that issue will be front and center next week when the two presidents, along with the leaders of 45 countries, meet for the nuclear summit in washington. now, late last night the president got word that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will not be attending his summit. he is sending his dipty in his place. that's a big blow to the president and analysts say

president obama and russian president dmitry medvedev also discussed new sanctions against iran. the president says he expects a break through soon at the u.n. >> my expectation is that we are going to be able to secure strong, tough sanctions on iran this spring. >> the senate still has to ratify the new arms reduction treaty. some republicans are concerned the president made too many concessions, but it's expected the treat itity will get enough votes to pass. >>> the diplomat who set off a bomb scare on a united airlines flight was on his way it to visit an imprisoned al qaeda agent. authorities say mow ham mad al madadi was caught smoking on a flight to denver wednesday and joked that he was trying to set his shoe on fire. he was going to see a citizen to support terrorism. al madadi is being sent back. >>> just ahead on the morning news, the passing of a punk pioneer. >>> plus, ancient ancestor, new fossils could shed light on the origin of our species. >>> but first rns katie couric has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >>> a stranger helped hundreds of hurricane v

today, the russian president, dmitry medvedev, told abc's george stephanopoulos it was illegal. >> itnstrous to take the kid and virtually throw him out over the plane. >> reporter: and medvedev noted that more than 15 russian children have been killed in recent years by their adoptive american parents. parents like peggy sue hilt who is serving 17 years in prison for beating her daughter to death. >> i didn't mean to hurt her. >> reporter: adoption lawyers say the young boy's story is truly unusual. americans adopt 1600 russian children every year. >> adoption is not child rental. this woman is -- was responsible for the kid, for the rest of his life. >> reporter: joyce has worked for 15 years with russian-born children whose adoptions are deeply troubled. >> there's a certain percentage of these children who are adopted who are severely impaired. if they were adults, we could call them sociopaths. >> reporter: now, this boy has told russian officials that his adoptive mother was abusive and pulled his hair and the u.s. state department has asked a tennessee sheriff to investigate, b

one exception, russian president dmitry medvedev. kaczynski was a divisive figure often alienating allies, but today all poles, it seemed, were united in grief over the loss of their president. the tens of thousands loined the streets and as the coffins moved through the old town, some applauded. others chants, thank you lech and maria kaczynski. even critics were moved. >> president kaczynski wasn't a very important person to me, but i think this is a very important historical moment. >> reporter: capped by the burial inside a crypt reserved for kings and heroes, the kaczynskis, once the nation's first couple, had become symbols of its worst tragedy since world war ii. jim maceda, nbc news, krakow. >>> there was a dramatic and emotional development today in the ongoing crisis facing the catholic church over allegations of child abuse by priests. the pope, who has faced questions about his own handling of the crisis, today met with victims of abuse and promised them justice would be done. here's nbc's ron allen. >> reporter: the pope

russian president dmitry medvedev made a surprise visit to the southern province of dagastan today. 12 people were killed there in bombings wednesday. yet, medvedev told police and security forces to use tougher measures to fight those responsible. monday, 39 people died in attacks on moscow subway system. back at home, there is still no one in charge of keeping this country's subways, trains and airplanes safe from terrorists. correspondent james rosen looks at president obama's continuing troubles, finding someone to run the t.s.a. >> reporter: three months after the attempted bombing of a u.s. airliner on christmas day, the transportation security administration guardian of the u.s. aviation system remains leaderless. president obama first nominee for the top job, former f.b.i. agent su erroll southers will drew after admitting to use federal name check to check out his wife's new boyfriend. the second nominee, robert harding withdrew after questions about his lucrative work as defense contractor. >> the longer it takes to get a permanent t.s.a. head, the longer it takes to make the

discussed, would the senate ratify the nuclear disarmament treaty signed today with russian president dmitry medvedev. >> reporter: you have no doubt you're going to get the eight republicans you need to ratify this treaty? >> listen, i've now been in washington for long enough now for me to say i have no doubt about how the senate operates would be foolish. when they have had the opportunity to fully evaluate this treaty, will come to the conclusion this is in the best interest of the united states. >> the president talks about sarah palin, iran's nuclear ambitions, the u.s. relationship with china and the war in afghanistan. and you can see more of george's interview tomorrow on "good morning america." >>> but that's our report for tonight. for all of us at abc news, good night, america. >> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy kimmel. tonight we welcome the extremely funny martin lawrence. we have dangerous experiments with "science bob" pflugfelder of the boston pflugfelders. music from jonathan tyler and the northern lights. and tiger woods. today returns to the world of golf in spectacular fashion. and you can

indicates the new policy to be published next week before a nuclear treat with the russian president dmitry medvedev. >> president obama is promising to keep pressure on iran over nuclear weapons. >> all the evidence indicates that the iranians are trying to develop the capacity to develop nuclear weapons. if they've got nuclear weapons building capacity, and they're flouting international resolutions, that creates huge destabilizing effects and will trigger an arms race in the middle east that's bad for u.s. national security and also bad for the entire world. >> >> shepard: the c.i.a. reported this week iran is expanding its nuclear infrastructure and making progress on enriching uranium. the white house reports the international community will deliver sanctions on everyone. iran says sanctions will not stop them. jonathan hunt's here in new york. will not stop them. >> really, no surprise to anybody at all. shep. iran's nuclear envoy was meeting with chinese officials. he emerged to say sanctions won't work. there has to be negotiation and negotiations have to come through logic and not pressure

this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> russian president dmitry medvedev visited washington this week totend the nuclear weapons summit. while in town he spoke at the brookings institution about russia's economy and foreign relations. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. i'm strobe talbott, and it is my great personal honor on behalf of of all of us at the brookings institution to host this extraordinary event, dmitry medvedev, the president of the russian federation. as all of you know, he is here in washington to participate in a summit that is intended to promote nuclear safety. that is a cause that he and president obama advanced just last week when they signed the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty in prague. these two leaders have also, in their personal interaction over the past year, given a new start to u.s.-russian relations. before turning the program over to him, i would be remiss if i did not convey on behalf of of all of us our deepest condolences to president medvedev and his fellow citizens on the tragedy that they suffered as a result of a terrorist outrage t

having been elected, his first meeting with the president of the russian federation, dmitri medvedev, got the russian statement that supported the goal of eliminating nuclear weapons. they agreed to get back into a new negotiation. and then barack obama in a historic first, chaired a u.n. security council meeting at the united nations last fall and gotten dorsment for the global zaire -- -- got endorsement for the global zero concept. he has been proactive in the lockdown in the summit that you'll see next week. so this is an example where one man with a vision can make a difference. but if i can make an analogy here, it's a bit like, i think, the health care debate in the sense that there are a lot of obstacles here. and one of the biggest obstacles that barack obama faces is his own bureaucracy. you know, an entrenched military establishment that has grown accustomed to deploying and using nuclear weapons, even when increasingly we don't deter with nuclear weapons. we are detered by nuclear weapons. as more and more weak, small countries, get them, our national security will suffer.

strategy, president obama and dmitri medvedev signing a proclamation to slash their nuclear weapons stash by one-third. i'm joined by dennis mcdonagh, thank you for joining us. >> happy to be with you, wolf, thanks a lot for the chance. >> can you get 67 votes in the united states senate to ratify this new treaty? >> i think that's the right question, wolf, especially now that the difficult work of negotiating the treaty is completed, to protect against that, what we've done and what the president has insisted on is working very closely with republicans and democrats in the senate over the course of these negotiations. so we've kept the senate fully apprised, frankly, we've raised a lot of issues they wanted us to raise and we have a history in this country of having very strong partisan bipartisan support for arms control treaties over the course of the last 20 years or so. it's hard to find a treaty that passed with fewer than 90 votes in the senate. so we feel pretty good about it, but frankly, we not taking anything for granted. that's away we're going to keep working this. and frankl

russian president dmitri medvedev and prime minister vladimir putin lit candles of condolence near poland. putin left to smolensk to take charge of the investigation. russian officials say the air traffic controllers suggested kaczynski's flight divert to an alternative airport because of thick fog, but that the pilot decided to land at smolensk anyway, a decision that wind out the top echelons of the political and military establishment. for today today," tom a spell, nbc news, london. >> now here's lester. >>> president obama offered condolences and said poland's sloss devastateing to the united states and the world. david, good morning. good morning, lester. president kaczynski was a strong ally of the u.s. and poland had agreed, for example, to allow the installation of an american missile shield there. does anything change there immediately in the relationship between the u.s. and warsaw? >> i think not, lester. that is an area of cooperation that's really important to the united states right now and it will continue to be important, but i think there's enough continuity in the polis

speaking russian] >> ladies and gentleman, the president of the united states, barack obama, and dmitri medvedevg a treaty on measures for the further reduction -- >> [speaking russian] >> the president of the united states of america, barack obama, and the president of the russian federation, dmitry medvedev, are signing the treaty between the united states of america and the russian federation on measures for the further reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [laughter] [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. i am honored to be back in the czech republic with president medvedev to mark the historic completion of the start treaty. let me begin by saying how happy i am to be back in the beautiful city of prague. the czech republic is a close friend and ally of the united states, and i have great admiration and affection for the czech people. their bonds are deep and enduring. they have made great contributions to the united states over the decades, and i want to think t

he and the russian president dmitry medvedev signed a nuclear arms agreement in prague.bama says that the treaty will cut both country's nuclear arsenals by about a third. it also calls for onsite inspections. now the treaty now goes to the senate for ratification. >>> t minus 6 1/2 hours until tiger woods returns to golf. he's gotten a warm reception from the fans, but yesterday the chairman of augusta national had critical words about his scandal. well, rafer is live in augusta right now. this was a strong statement from the tournament's top official. you say everybody in the room was kind of like, oh, no, he didn't. >> robin, you've been to at love these big events where it's just press conference after press conference. this was probably the 20th press conference we had been to. so the media kind of walked in, we've been hearing for 48 hours it's over, everybody's moving on, and then this -- the chairman of augusta national essentially takes woods to the woodshed with this comment. take a listen. >> it is not simply the degree of his conduct that is so egregious here

of intense negotiations has also helped foster better relations with russia and with president dmitry medvedevtoday's meeting was the eighth time the two leaders have met. >> together we've stopped that drift and proven the benefits of cooperation. today is an important milestone for nuclear security and nonproliferation and no u.s./russia relations. it fulfills or common objective to negotiate a new take strategic arms reduction treaty. it includes significant reductions in the nuclear weapons that we will deploy. it cuts our delivery vehicles by roughly half. it includes a comprehensive var any indication regime which allows us to further build trust. >> reporter: the new treaty calls for reducing arsenals from 2200 warheads to 1550. the president says this treaty is an important step in the direction of a world without nuclear weapons. a long term goal he proclaimed here in prague in a speech just over a year ago. top white house officials say they're hopeful the treaty will be ratified by the senate later this year by a large bipartisan majority. experts say the nuclear threat from russia

after meeting czech president batslav klaus, he got to the meeting with dmitry medvedev. then, the main event. the two presidents signed a landmark treaty that will reduce their nuclear arsenals by about 30% over the next seven years. an important step in the relationship between the u.s. and russia. and a significant downpayment on the ambitious nuclr agenda, critics call it utopian and dangerous, that obama first outlined a year ago here in prague. >> so, today, i state clearly and with conviction. america's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons. >> now, the president said today that that is the work of a lifetime, maybe even beyond. but he's taken important steps. announcing earlier this week, he would put restrictions on the use of u.s. nuclear weapons. and he's invited 47 world leaders to washington on monday for a nuclear security summit. robin? >> all right, george. now, the treaty is signed. it has to be ratified by the senate. expect a fight there at all? >> oh, there's no question there's going to be a fight. remember, a tr

the czech republic tonight going there to sign the next generation of nuclear arms treaty with dmitri medvedevthis comes just after the u.s. set out a new nuke policy for our arsenal. white house cress suzanne malveaux joins us. suzanne? >> reporter: hi, kyra. it was a year ago when i covered the historic speech the president made in prague and the czech republic when he said two things. he outlined that he wanted to press the reset button when it came to russia and he also wanted to get rid of nuclear weapons and rid the world of nuclear weapons and gauging from it the audience's reaction, it sounded like it was either incredibly naive or rather ambitious. what we will hear from the president is he'll be leaving with ours and he's going back to prague and he'll say yes. he will acknowledge that the aspiration is far off in the future and that the united states and russia have taken significant steps toward that aim. what will they be assigning here, kyra, it cuts nuclear weapons by a third on both sides, significantly reduces missiles and rocket launchers and will put in place a strong verifi

has not begin up on missile defense, that he and russian president dmitry medvedev are going to agree to it, and mr. obama vowed to keep the u.s. nuclear deterrent effective even as he argued it is becomingless relevant. >> more and more countries will come to recognize that the most important be factors in providing security and peace to their citizens will depend on their economic growth, will depend on the international community's capacity to resolve conflicts, it will depend on having a strong conventional military that can protect a nation's borders and that nuclear weapons increasingly in an interdependent world will make less and less sense as the cornerstone of security policy. >> reporter: of course, the other big announcement this week was a shift in america's nuclear posture wherein we pledge not to use nuclear weapons against nonnuclear states except in the case of rogue states like iran and north korea, jane. jane: the argument that with the recent moves the u.s. will now actually be buying some leverage or bargaining power with countries like russia and china in our bid

i want to thank my friend and partner dmitri medvedev.personal efforts and strong leadership, we would not be here today. we have met and spoken by phone many times throughout the negotiations of this treaty and we have developed a very effective work relationship built on calendar, collaboration, and mutual respect. one year ago this week, i came here to prague and gave a speech outlining america's comprehensive commitment to stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and seeking the ultimate goal of a world without them. i said then and i will repeat now, that this is a long-term goal, one that may not even be achieved in my lifetime. but i believed then and as i do now, that the pursuit of that goal will move us further beyond the cold war, strengthen the global nonproliferation regime, and make the united states and the world safer and more secure. one of the steps that i called for last year was the realization of this treaty. so it is very gratifying to be back in prague today. i also came committed to reset relations between the united

[inaudible conversations] >> his excellency, dmitry medvedev, president of the russian federation. [inaudible conversations] >> his excellency, who jintao, president of the people's republic of china. [inaudible conversations] >> his majesty, king of the [unintelligible] kingdom of jordan. >> you are watching public affairs programming and c-span. the panel examine its social networking and grassroots communications in iran. a group of former u.s. ambassadors discussed the prospect for peace in the middle east. >> the government's assistance to wall street is expected to cost much lower than earlier projected. we will get an update from paul kiel. after that, stuart taylor on the retirement of justice john paul stevens. then robert reich with his perspective on the economy. timothy geithner is interviewed by an economics columnist. this is part of a conference hosted by the american society of newspaper editors. that is live at 12:45 p.m. eastern. now, a panel examines how new media and social networking in iran is changing grassroots communications and politics in that country. we

he and russian president dmitry medvedev calling for an articles treaty to reduce nuclear warheads byroveed. >>> no terrorist. just a misunderstanding, mohammed al madadi, he tried to sneak a cigarette in the lavatory, and made a remark about setting his shoes on fire which sparked a bomb scare. the ambassador said al madadi poses no risk and it's a mistake. >>> rescuers are down in the mine for 3 1/2 hours now. they're hoping to find four missing miners 1,000 feet down. should admitting the chances are slim. 25 miners were killed in the monday explosion. they were not allowed to head down until once it was determined that the deadly gases were evacuated from the mine. now, to john roberts who joins us from the big branch mine in raleigh, west virginia. hey, john. >> reporter: good morning, kiran. we're expecting governor joe manchin to arrive any moment now for this 8:30 briefing. they've been doing the briefings every couple hours now as the rescue has kicked into high gear. just before 5:00, four rescue teams, a total of 32 people, went down in that mine, they probably now having b

. >> now russian president dmitry medvedev, was in washington for the nuclear security summit. the brookings institution hosts this one hour, 15 minutes the van. the -- event. it is like -- >> it is my great personal honor as president of the perkins institution to host president medvedev. as all of you know, he is here in washington at a summit that is intended to promote nuclear safety. that is a cause that he and president obama advanced just last week when they signed the new start treaty in prague. these two leaders have also in their personal interaction in the past year given a new start to u.s.-russian relations. before turning the program over to him, i would be remiss if i did not convey on behalf of all of us our deepest condolences to president medvedev and his fellow citizens on the tragedy that they suffered as a result of a terrorist outrage two weeks ago on march 29. i happened to be writing as a passenger on the moscow metro just a few days ago. it was a powerful and moving experience. ha a reminder -- a reminder of the courage and fortitude of a great people.